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Saturday, November 23, 2024
by Don Mooney 2-8-2023 Memphis, TENN—A fadeaway jumper, not a skyhook ode to Abdul-Jabbar or one of his signature power dunks, with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter of a 133-130 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder that sent James to the top of the scoring mountain that Abdul-Jabbar stood above for […]
by Don Mooney 2-6-2023 MEMPHIS, TENN—In the 70s hit spin-off The Jeffersons, the destination was get that bag and take it to get that deluxe apartment in the sky. Fast forward 2023, figure in inflation, cost of living on the upper eastside these days, that deluxe apartment got folks like […]
“The tougher team won. We weren’t tough enough on a day when we should have been.” Coach Hardaway by Don Mooney 2-4-2023 MEMPHIS, Tenn. –An emotional day. Retiring the jersey of Lorenz Wright. Amid the backdrop of a beautiful day after much of the week was under below freezing ice. […]
by Don Mooney. 1-30-2023 Memphis, TN—A tough, athletic Kentucky State University (KSU) team found themselves in a hostile situation at Jones/Hall Gym on the LeMoyne-Owens (LOC) Monday night. Magicians are on a SIAC hot streak and by the way they performed tonight they turned the heat to high defeating the […]
by Don Mooney 1-28-2023 MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis Tiger women’s hoopsters couldn’t out shoot the Lady Bulls of the University of South Florida. In spite of timely buckets the Lady Tigers competed much better than their previous performance but fell this afternoon 67-62. Ranked 25th in the nation the Bulls halted […]
Memphis, Tenn—-Hardaway joins the ranks of legendary Memphis Tiger coaches who’ve won over 100-games with a 99-84 win over conference foe SMU. Hardaway becomes the seventh coach in Memphis history to reach the 100-win milestone. The Tigers improved to 16-5 overall and 6-2 in the American Athletic Conference (AAC). by […]
by Don Mooney Memphis, Tenn———Over the years when LeMoyne-Owens(LOC) and Lane College basketball teams meet both gyms exceed seating capacity. Such was the case as Saturday night and the crowds got their moneys worth as LOC won the doubleheader contest Lady Magicians led from start to finish holding off a […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Memphis Tiger women’s basketball team picked up their second consecutive American Athletic Conference win today after taking down the Owls of Temple University 64-53. Following today’s game, Memphis moves to 11-8 overall and 3-3 in AAC play. The Temple defense got out to a hot start, holding Memphis to […]
by Don Mooney Memphis, TENN———It was a tale of two halves. Memphis used a stifling defense in the second half to grab control of the game and secure a home court victory 69-59. Tigers forced East Carolina into a season-high 22 turnovers and scored 28 points off those miscues. Memphis […]
“Steelers fans, it wasn’t supposed to be like this.” Harris is now the third player to have his number retired by Pittsburgh, joining Ernie Stautner and Joe Greene. Despite that fact, no player has worn No. 32 since Harris left the team following the 1983 season. The NFL scheduled the […]